animals
Passing chunks of ice can fertilize ocean waters and play a role in the planet’s carbon cycle.
Evolution repeatedly hit upon this solution simply because it works.
When we’re stressed, our hormones and nervous system produce all sorts of odors.
Parity tasks (such as odd and even categorisation) are considered abstract and high-level numerical concepts in humans.
We are still new at this.
Merely 256 genetically engineered mice could make an island’s pest population go extinct.
Dead whales inspire a way to find extraterrestrial life on Mars.
A vitamin that makes your body repellent to mosquitos sounds too good to be true, because it is.
Toxoplasmosis, which results from a chance encounter with a cougar and the parasite it carries, can push a wolf to seek alpha status.
Synthetic milk is not a sci-fi fantasy; it already exists.
The spikes in their mouths would have helped them catch squid or fish.
Being mortal makes life so much sweeter.
Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently — and in a crowd.
A researcher explains a little-known niche within modern physics: animal collective behavior.
Mycobacterium leprae, the bacteria that cause leprosy, have the surprising ability to grow and reverse aging in armadillo livers.
The word “turkey” can refer to everything from the bird itself to a populous Eurasian country to movie flops.
The dating pool is small — no pun intended.
Recent discoveries about bodily awareness have changed how scientists think about the nature of consciousness.
Inspired by the shape of a New Caledonian crow’s beak, researchers created a new 3D-printed prototype of tweezers.
All American and European eels originate in the same place.
Many suspicious deaths of both humans and pets have been solved with the help of insects.
Unfortunately, the Lunar Ark project is an idea more at home in science fiction than science fact.
The next time you see your dog sniffing the pavement or another dog’s junk, you should let them. Here’s why.
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“Ghost gear” leads to hundreds of thousands of animal deaths.
Tracing the origin and development of jaws — and other anatomical features that humans share — sheds some light on how we came to be.
Many animals engage in “zoopharmacognosy” or self-medication.
Forensic researchers call such places “limited access environments.”
The crabs’ blue blood contains an ancient immune defense mechanism that has helped save countless human lives.